.MINUTE ITEM Thfs,Calen~ar l'tem No.~'(' was_:{~ove~ as Mlnut~ lt~m ~o. · by the Sb~te La~s; ~!}sslo~ by a )19t~ q~~ tW! at Its~ meeting. -

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FROSPECT1NG PERMIT FOR MINERALS OTHER THAN. OIL, GAS AND GEOTHERMAL, SAN ·BERNARDINO COl'NTY

APPLICANT: Harold iadd Pierce 1302 Rossmore Tower A 4 Laguna Hills Husiness Park L·aguna Hitls, Call:'fornia 92653

TYPE OF LAND, l:OCATION, AND AREA: Approxi~ately 56 acres of patented achool lan4 comprising a fract~onal portiom of the SW~ NE~, and all of Lot 7, of Sedtion 24, T3S, R3E, SBM in Riverside Cou~ly. Section 24 i~ situated in the San Gorgonio Pass area near .the confluence of the Whitewater Riv~r and the S~n Gorgonio River, approxi­mately seven miles northwest of Palm Springs. The State retained 100% of the minerals in the subject area.

PROPOSAL: 'J)o systematically sample th·e feldspathic blow ~ands within the permit ar,ea and lab test Lv determine if they co4· ain the desirable chemi.cal and physical pro~~-rties utilized in ·the glazing proc~ss in ~he manuf•cture of commercial ceramics.

METHOD OF EXPLORATION;

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To hand dig approximately 6 sampl~s of 30 to 50 pounds each from trenches at an average depth of 6 feet. Samples will be bagged and transported to the laboratory for a physical and chemical analysis. All ~ren~hes_ or diggings will be filled at the completio~ of the sampling.

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l\~4uired statqt;ory filing fee, permit fee, and exp~nse deposit have been su~mitted ·by the applicant.

The subject pE1rc·e1 i:s not known to contain commet~ially valuable deposits c(~ minerals.

~oyalty .payaQ'L~ under any preferential lease issued~hall not be less than 10% percent :bf the Gross Sales Revenue less specific. charges, as apJ'.iroved by the Commission-..

APPROVALS OBTAINED: Pursuant ·to Section 6890 of the Public Resource,s Code·, the subject permit appli­cation has .been· apptoved by the Offic~ of the Attorn~.y, General as. to compU·ance with applicable provisions qf the 1~1w.

The Commission staff in accordance with Articl~ 10, Section .2~05Ch) of the Cal. Adm. Code, has ~ond4cted ~n initial stud¥ and has determined .chat the project will not have a signifL~ant effect on the en~~ron~ ment. Th~refore, i~ qompliance with Section 290~(c) of the Ca~. A~1. Code, a Negative Declaratiot •. Wo\S prepared and filed with ·the Sta.t'e Clea ... 1.nghouse.

The ,Neg~tiv~ Declaration was circulated· to re·sponsible agencies and agenc;i "': having jurisdicti6n by law. No adverse cu~ments ~ere received on the initial study~

OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION: 1. -±his project j~ situated on State land

wh~ch has not been classified as possessing signific~nt environmental values.

2. Pursua~t to Public Resources Code Section 6985, th, applicant would ha~e a pre­fer~ntia1 ri~ht to a lease far a maximum of 160 con1~iguous acres embra\~,<:ad with:in the permit.

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EXHIBITS: A. Location Map. .B'. Lana DE\scription.

c.. Negative Declarat"ion •.

IT IS RECOMt{t'NO,ED THA'f THE COMMISSION:

1. DETERMrNE THAT AN EI~ HAS ~OT BEEN PREPARED FOR T~IS PROJECT BUT THAT A NEGATIVE .DECLARATION HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE CQMMISSIQ.N STAFF.

2. CERTIFY THAT THE NEGATIVE DECLARX!ION NO. 266 HAS BEEN COMPLE1fED IN COMPLI'A~CE WITH THE 'cEQA OF 197P, AS AMENDED, AND THE STATE E.J-.• R_. GUIDELINES .• AND THAT THE COMMISSION HAS ·REVIEWED ANDI CONSIDERED THE.INFORMATION· CONTAINED T~EREIN. . .

3. DETERMINE THKT THE PRGJECT WILL NOT HAVE.A SIGNIFICANT EFfECT ON THE ·ENVIRONM~NT.

4. DETERMINE THAT THE LANDS DESCRIBED IN THE PERMIT ARE NOT KNOWN TO GONTAIN COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE .DEPOSITS OF MfNtRALS. . .

5. AUTHORIZE THE IS$hANCE OF THE PROSPECTING PERMIT TO HAROilb tADD PlEROE FOR A TERM OF ·2 YEARS: FOR .A.LL MINERALS O'IHEP: THAN OIL, GAS AND GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES ON A '.\:'RACTIONAL PORT.ION OF THE SW~. NE34, AND ALL OF LOT 7, §~CTrON 24, T~B, R~E, $BM IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, APPROXIMATELY 56 ACRES; IN ACCORDANO.E WITH- THE STANDARD FORM OF PERMIT. 'ROYALTY PAYABLE UNDTtR ANY PREFERENTIAL LEASE ISSUED UPON THE DISCOVERY OF COMMERCIAL VALUABLE MINERAL DEPOSITS FOR ANY AND ALL MATERIALS EXTRACTED OR REMOVED FROM SAID PERMIS~S FOR SA~E OR FOR STOCK PILING SHALL NOT BE ~ESS THAN 10% OF THE GROSS REVENUE LESS SPECIFIC CHAiGES, AS APPROVED BY T~E COMMISSION, RELATED TO TRANSPORTING AND PROCESSING AS SET FORTH IN SAID PERMIT.

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\iTATE I.AN.OS COMMISSION

Ap.plicqtion for Prospectino Permit cm Lot 7 and Port ion of S W1/ 4 o t NEl/4 of Section ~4,, i.3S,R.3.E

Rlv~rsJde Coonty

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LAND DESCRIPTION ·W 9039

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A portion of the SW ).,; of the NE ~ of Section 24, T3S,, R3E, SBM, boundad as follows: , i

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Boundeq on th~ ,East by Gov. Lot J4; Bol.ft"lded on the South by Gov. Lots. 17 and 18;

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Bounded on the West by the northerly extension of t~e west line of Gov. Lot 18; , Bounded on the North by th~r southerly R/W line 9f S·.:ate Highway 11.

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~ Lot 7, Section ?.4, T3S, R3E, SBM.

tND OF DESC~IPTION

PREPARED SEPTEMBER 10, 1980 BY T;GHNJCAL SERVICES UNIT, ROY MlNNICK, SUPERVISOR

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File Ref,.: W 903 9

fro~cct Title: Prospecting Permj,.,,t for ieldspathic: minera).s

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Project U>t.~tion: ?ractional portion of the SW~ NE~ and Lot 7 s~c:t.icp .. 24, T. 3 s ... , ·n. 3 ~·, s.-13.13.& M .. in Riverside. Cqµnty

Proje~t Ih?st:riptior.: Approximately 6 sampl~s· (30 to 50 lbso each) will be hand dug from tLenches at an average depth of 6 feet and t •

tested to determine its physical and chemical charact~risti~$-

~i:o ?;EG;.TI'T~ DECLi.RATIO!i is "Oreoared nursuant to t.he rcquirc:nent.s of the CRliro~·rd n Envirom:1c1~tal ~u.nli tv A~t {Sccti~n 21COO et. sea. of the P..iblic Resou:-c~s Cocie), the State EI:R Guidel~ncs (Secti~n 150~0 et. seq., Title 14, of the Co.lifornin AC.:::inir.trnt.i ve Code). nnd the Stnte L.:lnds Co~::iission r~c.ul::l­tiono (Section 2901.ct. seq.~ 'i'itle 2,.of the ·ealiiornio.. Ad.r.tiniot!·atiYt- Code).

Bnscd upon the r...-~t:.ncJ~cd Initial Study, it has been found that:

ifj the p'"ojcct \:ill not hn\'c n sic;nific<tnt c~fcc::t on the cn\'i.ron:n~nt.

[J tho nttp,chcd r:ii tibntion a1cu~urcs will ~woif, pot~'ntinlly sicnificnnt effects.

Contuct Fcrcion: Ted T. Fukushima (91~) 322-7813

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INITIAL STUDY

f!oJ~ct and' lt·s Location

An application has been recQivcd from Mr. Haro~d fierce for pcrffiission to prospect for feldsp~thic miberals ·On a·1 fractional portion of the 'SW~ NWt and ~ot 7, Sec~ion 24, T.3s~~ R.3E S.B~~.&M., appr6ximitely_56.80 acr~~ in Riverside County. Scctiori 24 is situated .in ~he S.an Gorganio. Pass area near ttie con~luene:e of the Whit~water Rtver and the.$an Gorgonio Riyer, apprqxiQtateJy s~ven miles northwest of Palm Springs and .e'ight Y,itiles southwest of D.esert Hot Springs.

'l'h~ appli~·tation has been held in .abeyance pending thi resob~~iori ~f a matter of access a~d zoning~ M~. Pierce. ~b:t'tes 1tihat the$e problems have now been resolved. The S~a.te owns .only .the miner~l rights on pr;Qposed pet'mi. t a rM •.

Statement of the Ohj]~tives Soughr- By tlhe Pl:opos.ed EfoJ~c£ ,...

To systematicail-v sample and t~st 'the blow sands on the proposed· permit &rea to deterrnin~ .ff they contain the desirable chemical and physical pro,pe.rties. utilfzed in the glazing p'toces$ in the mar-ufactu:re of commercial ceramics.

General DescriptiC?n of the Project

The exploration activities to be conducted oh the proposed pe~mit area are very limited ip scope. Approxi­mately 6 ~amples of 30 tp 50 pound~ each will be hand dug from trenches .~c an average depth qf 6 feet. Samples will be bagged and transported to the +aboratory for a physical and chemical analysis. ~\11 :tren,-::hes er diggings will be filled at the completion bf th~ sampling.

This initial study h~s been prepared to address the impact of the explr,t"at ion '.progt'am onLy. Art additional environmental doc11inent must be prepared. for the production pha~c should the ~~rmittee apply for a l~ase.

(4)(a) Description of the Envir.on~~n.tal. Setting

The uppar Coachella VaXlcy has been aptly de8cribed as a tropical desert, hnmpcred by heavy winds primarily fTom the northwest nnd subject to destructive blow sands and periodical flooding.

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Th• area 6f the San ~or~9~lo Pass, b~twcbn.lin~al Point bnd Windy Point, ~hich Ls just northwest of the area under ppplication, is parti9ularly vulnerable to flash f}oqding and the result~nt dcpo,itioh of ~ebris\•nd sand. The consttuction of dikes has alleviat~d this p~oblem to some .extent, h9wev~r, it is betiey~d 'by some that dike ext·er,i.s i.ons and a dnm at Fingal Point would greactly 't'e!?trict the ~re~ent potent~~l movemeht of blow ·santj and debris ·and thus an additional amount ofi now un­c~~t~6lled at~a wou~d 'be ptotected. Such a proposal is und9r. study an~ ~cmsider9>tion.

Be'cause of the windblg~n sands and the non-e:i<i3tence of w•ter oh the subje~t -ection, wildlife is li~ited .to. th~ i"~t.tlesnake, pack rat, lizards and' 9-n occasional jaqk ~ab!,>i't. There ~re no known rare or eri9angered hio~a wH~hin. the subje.~t ai~a ·(Department o~ f .LSh ar,<l ·~ame !· :how~-ve::;-, ·reg.iona:lly .the ·blowsand are~s are known to. ~~· toe habitat 9f t;he Cdacheli:a Valley Fri~lg~-t:o~d Lizard {'a. tJ1restemed species, U •. $. L(·~t), :cho\lgh :hone ar~ known to ~xist on the sµqj~.c~ arP-il.· ftt'ler.e ~re no .known recot:d.ed archaeological or bi,tori¢al ~ites ih the ~UbJect area or within two mfl~s of the subject area, accqrding to a s~rvey of ~he area conducted in 1973, by Mr. S.R. WLlliams (a copy of th~ letter report attached) and recently ~onferred by .Mr. Dani~~ F. McCarthy, Staff Archeologist, University Cif California, Riverside.

Vegetation on the r.i·dges anq windward side of .the mountain is limited to l<erophytic type's, with only the sturdiest plants st.rrviving the shearing sandblast: effect;; of the windblown sand. Some of the plants ·grow on the lee side of tl"i'e wind sc.pured boub:lers where their growth is lif.tited to the outline bf the protecting boulders. Most common plants in this region are Creosote bush, Bigelo Cholla, or "ju!llping cactus" and mesquite. Burrw~ed, snake weeds, cat claw) bur sage and ephedras are com~on low bush. { Ric·hard Proctor, Specia 1 Repor.t 94 cmtG.) Since climatic conditions are such a$ to p'rmit only ineffectual vegetation cover, denudation and erosinn are rapid.

The climat~ is typical of the lower desert, the winters being mild and the summers very hot. gummer temperature range from 110°F in the day to 75 F in She evenings. When ~he day tempcr~tures exceed 120' F in the shade the temperature on the exposed groond reaches 1C06F. Wt~tcr temperatures range from the low 30s to the 80s, with light snow falling

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• every few __ years on ~he u~p'~t dQscrt '61oot;,• Average ralnf~ll is four inc~es Ln th~ desert and fifteen inches in nearby mqunt~ins with the prccipttntion varying greatly froq-1 year to year. Alt;hough most of the rain falls be,tween ,Qctobc:r ;;ind April, in.­fr~quant flash floods occur irt the summer. . . Section 74 <Containing the per,:iit area is bounded on the ~6rth by the ~ed qf tha White~•ter ~i~er and on ,the south by the San Jacinto Moyntai.ns .. The south and west section lines ~lso delienate the boundary of the City of Palm Sp~ings. State Highway 11+, passes diagonally across the nqrth half of the section a~ it bends ar9und Windy Point. ~p addit~6n the section is subj~ct to a telephone line easement, water company right of way 4nd ra~lroad right of way. There are no buildings in or ar9_u_nd: the propos~d permit area due primarily to the ~~cesiive wind· con~Ht'ions tha·t: extst: at Wi-ndy· Point ~urir:g cert~in times of the year. In th1~ pa.st, attempts to bu;ld in ~he Wi:ndy Point ~rea were unsuccesl?ful ~.ue to win~ and s~nd, ,causing the projects to be a't>and9ned. .. just gff the highway in t~• NEt of the SE~ the Highway Department maintains. a well shielded roac\ repair sta'tion and the "Oasi's Hpusing Development" h..as projected into the $E~ of SE~ of the se9tion where .a few small one storv houses (estimated 12-16 units) have been ere9ted~ These buildings are far enough sou~1h o,f Windy Point; so that they do not Jeceive the same wind i~pact that is created by the winds adjacent t~ Windy ?oiht.

Over the' past 20 years several rock and gravel companies have conducted sand, rock and gr4vel operations within a radius of three b~ four miles of the subject property, the most succ~ssfui being

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The ~hitewater alluvial wash covers much of the northern half of the section. The 'San Jacinto ~ountains in the area of Windv Point have been determined to be over ten thousand (10 000) feet thick. This metamo~phic complex dips J86 to near vertical and is believed to be of late Paleozoic ngc. The composit:~on of the sands in the general area arc such that

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~unrtz. sand is second in. quantity to fc tdspar sands,. ~nd the minQ~nls cpld6tc, sphbnc, zircon, garnet and c~pccia lly hornbtcndc a:.rc prcvn lc.nt. Su~.h uniq.µe df,?posits Ate not ·Q..ommon in C~lifornia. •"ii

The plow sand deposit to be sampied and analy,zed ur;:ilc_r the pruposcd prospecting permit lies on the leew~rd slope of Windy roLnt between the clevatio~ of 9p0 to 1300 feet and coycrs, but is nqt limited to) the north half of Lot 7' (.NEt SW~} and fractional pqrtlon. of the SW~ NWt. · ·

In a<.!di t ion to the 56. 80 acl:'es under the permi't app,l·J,c'dtioh, the applicant has })ad a. long standing co~bination of fuintng clai~s ~~d millsit~s ort other por~~ons of ·sect~on 24-. The~re i~clude in _part, portiorts oe iQtS 1~2, all.of LptG 8, 17~ 18. The applicant al.so owns igts, 14 and to which provided a· me~ns of a~cess 0to· High~a:y 11·t.

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NO' drill~ng wq.l be necessary for the exploratioti program. The samplittg precess will be confined to the superficial sandbody which pro9ably does not exceed "100 .feet. in depth· at the thickest point.

·41) 5&6 Asses_sment of the Impar4

Th~ taking of sand samp·1.;es from t:l'\e syperficial sandbody fbr l~bbratbry t~sting will have no id~ntifi?ble environ­mental impact on the area. 'J::l7te sl&allow trenche~' will be filled ~pon completion o~ the sampling prcgram. No mechanical equipment will be involved other. than· ~ vehicle to transport the sampl~s ·aver ~x~~ting roads. Exp:ari( i:lCe has demonstrated that the intert1\i t;.te11t, but co~_sistent remova·l of te~t materi~l·~ from adjacent mineral deposits 6~ the appl~~antf a~a the construction of access roads thet are stabJJ;izcd wi.th. a wet clay base, have not created any identifiab1e impact on ihe~e areas. Since primary exploratiot efforts will ~e on Lot 7 at Windy Point, wind shoul1 not be a fatter because the mountain diverts the peak velocities of the nprthwest ~ind in this are~. Again, it is ov~r one thousand (1000) feet from the Highway or any buildings ~rtd is not readily visible by highway traffic.

There are no buildings in the area of the proposed exploration, t~e cxplor~tory program would not affqct any established community nor .significantly change the prescht use of the area, nor would it en~ournge devclc.timant of the prc.sently unde:velopcd area.

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There arc fto known or recorded ~rchaeologicnl or histori~~l sites with!n 2 ~ilcs of the sltc nor arc there any ;mown l;"are or endc:mgcrcd biota~, Sampling would not stgnific~ntly affect wild life 1Rt plant life.

~~i.gni ficant e·nvironmcntal Etfects1 Which Cannot ~61Clcd I·[ the ~~.is 1liilPfCiif§ted '

None f o:r the expl6r~tion phas~.

( 8) Mitigation ~!east;res Proposed' to Mini'mize~ the ·s1!riri·ficant En.VIronmenFUl ~rtects · _,.....__

None are ne.ed":'<l· The· ~pplicf,i~t agrees to per~o1·m all expl:crratory op·~rati:ons in ,fl/ m~mner which shall be least ~ctrimental to t~~ ~nvironment, conducting all operattons in a wort<marili\(.e inan11er in compliance with all State and County regulations. ·

( 9) ,Atternati ves; ·tto the .Propos·ed A~ti2!!_

'foe .pnly Biter.native is a "no project:" ~or ~his is one of very 1im~ted ~nown sources '9f fe~dspathtc sand in· ·the· Stat~ of Cali.forn~a. I,t would not ·preclude the applJcftnt from developing hf~ mining claims in the subject area at some f\~tt,lre d~te.

(10) The Relationship Betw.een Local Short-Term Uses of Man's Enviro~ment and Tfie Maintenance and Enhancement of Long':'"'fe-rm Proauctivitv

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The pro~p~cting phase of ~he prbposed -operation w11i take only· a matt~r of hours, conducted by a small number of people it will hav~ no local short-term impact. . The developm~":lt of a viable mineral depos.it would have certaion"long-term impacts on the environment and would be addressed in a s~parate E.I.R~

An~'. Si~ni:ficant Irreversible Etlvironrnental Changes \;iJlich ould Be Involved In t_he P§po·scd Action lf It Be implemented ·

The pr9jAct should no~ cause any irreversible environ­mental ch,~mge during the pros pee ting phase.

(12) Q!_owth-l-ttducing Impa~t of the Proposed Acticn

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Calif°orni:a Department of Fish'and Game

Untvcrsi ty Ca biforni'a, Rive;:s'ide ,_ Archacologtca l Departmen~

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The Archaeological Research Unit received your request d~ted February ~o, i980, for a recoru::o search of t'he property located in· ·Se.c\;:ion 24, T3S,, R3E, near the co:nmunity of Whitewatex:·. We have reviewed'·o~r ·site ·records, maps, and manuscripts against the location map ~ou provided.

The,re are no recorded a.rchaeolocjir.tal site~ within the project bound:ir~~s and our recordn indicate that no archaeological sites have been recorded within two miles of the project ar~a. Information on file 'indicates'that the· subject property has been ~urveyed for the presence of cultural -~sources. The ,:.;urvey w'"'s conci,,~ted in 1973 by Steve ·McWilliams (letter report attached)'.. No cultural resources were located during this ~urvey, but it was recommended that should any evidence of Indian occupation be noted it sh9~1a pe reported to a qualified archaeologist.

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~>n·~ Daniel F. McCarthy Staff Archaeologist

. •• To: ~. S. Jl. I. From: S.rl. McWillin~s Subject: .Arciwcologicul 1?u.rvc:y· a~ WH1dy Point

· ~1. Q!:neral s~.itnificance E.£. !.rut 1{!n.9;£ Point 1££.ation Abor~gitial occupatiop of tne Coachella Valley frequently

~bcused on tne moutns of tne numero~s canyons opcn1n~ on the vailey !~oor from the surrounding mountain ranges. The area surveyed here, dircctiy sduth of the Wihdy Point spu~, is au~* ~ l9c~\;ion for it lies in the general vicinity 9f th~ Bl~isdRil Canyon moutn. Locally abundant food and water l'OSOUrC~S (.re~ju:..iye to the .typical ·dCSf:r~ scarcitiy Of SUCh necessities) J\ ~~1s area would undoubtedly have attract~d ·tpe ~tn:entiion -or'~ne a'od-righia"l inhabi'tants. tn ract, sites ·4! arch~eolog~cal ~~.portanqe are known ~o exist. w".thin tne :~ain po .. rtion. of Blaisdell Canyon.. It can be ~ssw1ed With )o~~ ~ertaipty that ;ne surveyed 'rea so~th of Windy Point 11as en¢ompas~ed witnin ~·he ~bbrigiilnl spnere of l:nteresl.i .cnown to 1have existed in the Bl,aisdell Canyon ar•aav,

2. Disturbed Nature ££ lli Present Surface, AL'chaeological investigations of tne northern-most

portion of tne survey area would be unliKely due to the considerable sand dµ.ne acc·u.mulation due to wind deposition. South o! this dune ·area the ,present ·surface has' been modified by tbe recent ac·tiviti~s of mEµi to varying degrees. The arcbaeologically ~os~ ~romising portion of tne survey area would hav.e be~n ~pe dense ·mesquite t-hicitets in cne extreme ~oµ~~ern-most po·rtion of tnf! survey area. Th~s area nas been

·considerably disturbed by ·a cpmplicated if 'not haphazard series or storas~· basins for irrigation water Cl-nd canals a.nd ditcnes (with a~~focia ted· sl µice gates) of varying sizes. It is possi t.'le tho.t same surfaces i.:n this a.res have not 'been destroyed by tne exten·s; vc earth.moving as~ociated with the ir.riga ti on wo:-i<.s. tlow-­e~~r, identifcation of such surfaces with tl~ir potential to~ preserved arcoaG~~ogical m~terial is no~ readily apparent~

·"· Recommendations anJ! Su:nmA.tion No ortifactual mat~rinl of archa.eolog'1.cal interest was

1oboervcd i-n th~· area surveyed i·mmediutely ~)outh of Windy .P1.:>i11t. Due to the cii·f>:tu1•bcd nature of muc.u of t.tle surf ace and tne de~se growth of vege tac; ion, if sue a ma. teri1al existed it is el the: lost or well mas~rnd. It is most lirtely tnu~; tkia area wns abor~ginal liy occupied. r'uilure to discover· evidence of ttt1i s occupation doeli not mean the arcu is o! no 1concer·n to tuose i~volved . wit~ arcnacolo~ical p~oblems. rlow~~er, i~ io unli~cly tha:~ furt.nt?r invcutir,ationu in thio spt?cif ic nrcu would prove pt•ofi~ablc. Tho!fq,rc'sponuiblc 1'01· any com.l1,11uction acr.ivitty in this n~cu should ou nwnre of the f nc t tn~t uuy cvidc.mcc of lnd;un occup:.ltion uuould. be rcpo1•t.od to · ~y-g-fll£-·~~tw\"lt ArchC\colou1cal Uouo1.\rcq Uni't • Uµi vc.r.·o~ ... t . ~1ih~~~~si:·.::~ . ·

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